@boyingliu01/xp-gate 0.27.6 → 0.28.0

package/lib/__tests__/sprint-audit.test.js

@@ -1,207 +1,207 @@
-/**
- * Tests for sprint-audit CLI command (Layer 2)
- * @test REQ-338 Sprint audit — final completeness check
- * @intent Verify sprint-audit correctly checks phase coverage, artifacts, consistency
- * @covers AC-AUDIT-01 (SKIP when no sprint-state.json)
- * @covers AC-AUDIT-02 (PASS when 6/6 completed)
- * @covers AC-AUDIT-03 (PASS_WITH_WARNINGS when 4-5/6 completed)
- * @covers AC-AUDIT-04 (FAIL when <4/6 completed)
- * @covers AC-AUDIT-05 (FAIL on state inconsistency)
- * @covers AC-AUDIT-06 (--json flag outputs JSON)
- * @covers AC-AUDIT-07 (report persisted to audit-report.json)
- */
-
-import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach, vi } from 'vitest';
-import fs from 'node:fs';
-import path from 'node:path';
-import os from 'node:os';
-import { handleSprintAudit } from '../sprint-audit.js';
-
-describe('sprint-audit', () => {
-  let tmpDir;
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    tmpDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'sprint-audit-test-'));
-  });
-
-  afterEach(() => {
-    fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
-  });
-
-  function writeState(state) {
-    const stateDir = path.join(tmpDir, '.sprint-state');
-    fs.mkdirSync(stateDir, { recursive: true });
-    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(stateDir, 'sprint-state.json'), JSON.stringify(state));
-  }
-
-  function makeState(overrides = {}) {
-    return {
-      _schema_version: 1,
-      id: 'sprint-test-audit',
-      task_description: 'Test audit feature',
-      phase: 6,
-      status: 'completed',
-      started_at: '2026-07-22T10:00:00Z',
-      phase_history: [],
-      isolation: { branch: 'sprint/test-audit', worktree_path: null },
-      outputs: {},
-      ...overrides,
-    };
-  }
-
-  function makePhaseHistory(completedPhases) {
-    const phaseNames = ['PREP', 'DESIGN', 'BUILD', 'VERIFY', 'SHIP', 'CLOSE'];
-    return completedPhases.map((p, i) => ({
-      phase: p,
-      phase_name: phaseNames[p - 1],
-      status: 'completed',
-      started_at: `2026-07-22T10:${String(i).padStart(2, '0')}:00Z`,
-      completed_at: `2026-07-22T10:${String(i).padStart(2, '0')}:30Z`,
-      duration_seconds: 30,
-    }));
-  }
-
-  describe('handleSprintAudit()', () => {
-    it('returns 0 and shows help with --help', async () => {
-      const code = await handleSprintAudit(['--help']);
-      expect(code).toBe(0);
-    });
-
-    it('returns SKIP (exit 0) when no sprint-state.json exists', async () => {
-      const logSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
-      const code = await handleSprintAudit(['--dir', tmpDir]);
-      expect(code).toBe(0);
-      expect(logSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining('No sprint-state.json'));
-      logSpy.mockRestore();
-    });
-
-    it('returns PASS when 6/6 phases completed', async () => {
-      writeState(makeState({ phase_history: makePhaseHistory([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]) }));
-
-      const logSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
-      const code = await handleSprintAudit(['--dir', tmpDir]);
-      expect(code).toBe(0);
-      // Check output contains PASS
-      const output = logSpy.mock.calls.map(c => c[0]).join('\n');
-      expect(output).toContain('PASS');
-      expect(output).toContain('6/6');
-      logSpy.mockRestore();
-    });
-
-    it('returns PASS_WITH_WARNINGS when 5/6 completed', async () => {
-      writeState(makeState({ phase: 5, phase_history: makePhaseHistory([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]) }));
-
-      const logSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
-      const code = await handleSprintAudit(['--dir', tmpDir]);
-      expect(code).toBe(0);
-      const output = logSpy.mock.calls.map(c => c[0]).join('\n');
-      expect(output).toContain('PASS_WITH_WARNINGS');
-      logSpy.mockRestore();
-    });
-
-    it('returns PASS_WITH_WARNINGS when 4/6 completed', async () => {
-      writeState(makeState({ phase: 4, phase_history: makePhaseHistory([1, 2, 3, 4]) }));
-
-      const logSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
-      const code = await handleSprintAudit(['--dir', tmpDir]);
-      expect(code).toBe(0);
-      const output = logSpy.mock.calls.map(c => c[0]).join('\n');
-      expect(output).toContain('PASS_WITH_WARNINGS');
-      logSpy.mockRestore();
-    });
-
-    it('returns FAIL when <4/6 completed', async () => {
-      writeState(makeState({ phase: 3, phase_history: makePhaseHistory([1, 2, 3]) }));
-
-      const logSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
-      const code = await handleSprintAudit(['--dir', tmpDir]);
-      expect(code).toBe(1);
-      const output = logSpy.mock.calls.map(c => c[0]).join('\n');
-      expect(output).toContain('FAIL');
-      logSpy.mockRestore();
-    });
-
-    it('returns FAIL on state inconsistency (phase vs phase_history)', async () => {
-      const history = makePhaseHistory([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]);
-      writeState(makeState({ phase: 3, phase_history: history })); // phase=3 but last entry is 6
-
-      const logSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
-      const code = await handleSprintAudit(['--dir', tmpDir]);
-      expect(code).toBe(1);
-      const output = logSpy.mock.calls.map(c => c[0]).join('\n');
-      expect(output).toContain('State inconsistency');
-      logSpy.mockRestore();
-    });
-
-    it('outputs JSON when --json flag is set', async () => {
-      writeState(makeState({ phase_history: makePhaseHistory([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]) }));
-
-      const logSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
-      const code = await handleSprintAudit(['--dir', tmpDir, '--json']);
-      expect(code).toBe(0);
-      const output = logSpy.mock.calls.map(c => c[0]).join('\n');
-      const result = JSON.parse(output);
-      expect(result.verdict).toBe('PASS');
-      expect(result.coverage.completed).toBe(6);
-      logSpy.mockRestore();
-    });
-
-    it('counts skipped phases as completed in coverage', async () => {
-      const history = makePhaseHistory([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
-      history.push({
-        phase: 6, phase_name: 'CLOSE', status: 'skipped',
-        started_at: '2026-07-22T10:05:00Z', completed_at: '2026-07-22T10:05:00Z', duration_seconds: 0,
-      });
-      writeState(makeState({ phase: 6, phase_history: history }));
-
-      const logSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
-      const code = await handleSprintAudit(['--dir', tmpDir, '--json']);
-      expect(code).toBe(0);
-      const output = logSpy.mock.calls.map(c => c[0]).join('\n');
-      const result = JSON.parse(output);
-      expect(result.coverage.completed).toBe(6);
-      expect(result.verdict).toBe('PASS');
-      logSpy.mockRestore();
-    });
-
-    it('warns about missing summary files for completed phases', async () => {
-      writeState(makeState({ phase_history: makePhaseHistory([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]) }));
-      // No phase-outputs directory → all summaries missing
-
-      const logSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
-      const code = await handleSprintAudit(['--dir', tmpDir, '--json']);
-      expect(code).toBe(0);
-      const output = logSpy.mock.calls.map(c => c[0]).join('\n');
-      const result = JSON.parse(output);
-      expect(result.warnings.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-      expect(result.warnings.some(w => w.includes('summary missing'))).toBe(true);
-      logSpy.mockRestore();
-    });
-
-    it('persists audit report to audit-report.json', async () => {
-      writeState(makeState({ phase_history: makePhaseHistory([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]) }));
-
-      const logSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
-      await handleSprintAudit(['--dir', tmpDir]);
-      logSpy.mockRestore();
-
-      const reportPath = path.join(tmpDir, '.sprint-state', 'audit-report.json');
-      expect(fs.existsSync(reportPath)).toBe(true);
-      const report = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(reportPath, 'utf8'));
-      expect(report.verdict).toBe('PASS');
-      expect(report.sprint_id).toBe('sprint-test-audit');
-    });
-
-    it('handles corrupted sprint-state.json gracefully', async () => {
-      const stateDir = path.join(tmpDir, '.sprint-state');
-      fs.mkdirSync(stateDir, { recursive: true });
-      fs.writeFileSync(path.join(stateDir, 'sprint-state.json'), 'not-valid-json');
-
-      const errSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {});
-      const code = await handleSprintAudit(['--dir', tmpDir]);
-      expect(code).toBe(1);
-      expect(errSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining('Failed to parse'));
-      errSpy.mockRestore();
-    });
-  });
-});
+/**
+ * Tests for sprint-audit CLI command (Layer 2)
+ * @test REQ-338 Sprint audit — final completeness check
+ * @intent Verify sprint-audit correctly checks phase coverage, artifacts, consistency
+ * @covers AC-AUDIT-01 (SKIP when no sprint-state.json)
+ * @covers AC-AUDIT-02 (PASS when 6/6 completed)
+ * @covers AC-AUDIT-03 (PASS_WITH_WARNINGS when 4-5/6 completed)
+ * @covers AC-AUDIT-04 (FAIL when <4/6 completed)
+ * @covers AC-AUDIT-05 (FAIL on state inconsistency)
+ * @covers AC-AUDIT-06 (--json flag outputs JSON)
+ * @covers AC-AUDIT-07 (report persisted to audit-report.json)
+ */
+
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach, vi } from 'vitest';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import os from 'node:os';
+import { handleSprintAudit } from '../sprint-audit.js';
+
+describe('sprint-audit', () => {
+  let tmpDir;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    tmpDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'sprint-audit-test-'));
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  function writeState(state) {
+    const stateDir = path.join(tmpDir, '.sprint-state');
+    fs.mkdirSync(stateDir, { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(stateDir, 'sprint-state.json'), JSON.stringify(state));
+  }
+
+  function makeState(overrides = {}) {
+    return {
+      _schema_version: 1,
+      id: 'sprint-test-audit',
+      task_description: 'Test audit feature',
+      phase: 6,
+      status: 'completed',
+      started_at: '2026-07-22T10:00:00Z',
+      phase_history: [],
+      isolation: { branch: 'sprint/test-audit', worktree_path: null },
+      outputs: {},
+      ...overrides,
+    };
+  }
+
+  function makePhaseHistory(completedPhases) {
+    const phaseNames = ['PREP', 'DESIGN', 'BUILD', 'VERIFY', 'SHIP', 'CLOSE'];
+    return completedPhases.map((p, i) => ({
+      phase: p,
+      phase_name: phaseNames[p - 1],
+      status: 'completed',
+      started_at: `2026-07-22T10:${String(i).padStart(2, '0')}:00Z`,
+      completed_at: `2026-07-22T10:${String(i).padStart(2, '0')}:30Z`,
+      duration_seconds: 30,
+    }));
+  }
+
+  describe('handleSprintAudit()', () => {
+    it('returns 0 and shows help with --help', async () => {
+      const code = await handleSprintAudit(['--help']);
+      expect(code).toBe(0);
+    });
+
+    it('returns SKIP (exit 0) when no sprint-state.json exists', async () => {
+      const logSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
+      const code = await handleSprintAudit(['--dir', tmpDir]);
+      expect(code).toBe(0);
+      expect(logSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining('No sprint-state.json'));
+      logSpy.mockRestore();
+    });
+
+    it('returns PASS when 6/6 phases completed', async () => {
+      writeState(makeState({ phase_history: makePhaseHistory([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]) }));
+
+      const logSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
+      const code = await handleSprintAudit(['--dir', tmpDir]);
+      expect(code).toBe(0);
+      // Check output contains PASS
+      const output = logSpy.mock.calls.map(c => c[0]).join('\n');
+      expect(output).toContain('PASS');
+      expect(output).toContain('6/6');
+      logSpy.mockRestore();
+    });
+
+    it('returns PASS_WITH_WARNINGS when 5/6 completed', async () => {
+      writeState(makeState({ phase: 5, phase_history: makePhaseHistory([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]) }));
+
+      const logSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
+      const code = await handleSprintAudit(['--dir', tmpDir]);
+      expect(code).toBe(0);
+      const output = logSpy.mock.calls.map(c => c[0]).join('\n');
+      expect(output).toContain('PASS_WITH_WARNINGS');
+      logSpy.mockRestore();
+    });
+
+    it('returns PASS_WITH_WARNINGS when 4/6 completed', async () => {
+      writeState(makeState({ phase: 4, phase_history: makePhaseHistory([1, 2, 3, 4]) }));
+
+      const logSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
+      const code = await handleSprintAudit(['--dir', tmpDir]);
+      expect(code).toBe(0);
+      const output = logSpy.mock.calls.map(c => c[0]).join('\n');
+      expect(output).toContain('PASS_WITH_WARNINGS');
+      logSpy.mockRestore();
+    });
+
+    it('returns FAIL when <4/6 completed', async () => {
+      writeState(makeState({ phase: 3, phase_history: makePhaseHistory([1, 2, 3]) }));
+
+      const logSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
+      const code = await handleSprintAudit(['--dir', tmpDir]);
+      expect(code).toBe(1);
+      const output = logSpy.mock.calls.map(c => c[0]).join('\n');
+      expect(output).toContain('FAIL');
+      logSpy.mockRestore();
+    });
+
+    it('returns FAIL on state inconsistency (phase vs phase_history)', async () => {
+      const history = makePhaseHistory([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]);
+      writeState(makeState({ phase: 3, phase_history: history })); // phase=3 but last entry is 6
+
+      const logSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
+      const code = await handleSprintAudit(['--dir', tmpDir]);
+      expect(code).toBe(1);
+      const output = logSpy.mock.calls.map(c => c[0]).join('\n');
+      expect(output).toContain('State inconsistency');
+      logSpy.mockRestore();
+    });
+
+    it('outputs JSON when --json flag is set', async () => {
+      writeState(makeState({ phase_history: makePhaseHistory([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]) }));
+
+      const logSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
+      const code = await handleSprintAudit(['--dir', tmpDir, '--json']);
+      expect(code).toBe(0);
+      const output = logSpy.mock.calls.map(c => c[0]).join('\n');
+      const result = JSON.parse(output);
+      expect(result.verdict).toBe('PASS');
+      expect(result.coverage.completed).toBe(6);
+      logSpy.mockRestore();
+    });
+
+    it('counts skipped phases as completed in coverage', async () => {
+      const history = makePhaseHistory([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
+      history.push({
+        phase: 6, phase_name: 'CLOSE', status: 'skipped',
+        started_at: '2026-07-22T10:05:00Z', completed_at: '2026-07-22T10:05:00Z', duration_seconds: 0,
+      });
+      writeState(makeState({ phase: 6, phase_history: history }));
+
+      const logSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
+      const code = await handleSprintAudit(['--dir', tmpDir, '--json']);
+      expect(code).toBe(0);
+      const output = logSpy.mock.calls.map(c => c[0]).join('\n');
+      const result = JSON.parse(output);
+      expect(result.coverage.completed).toBe(6);
+      expect(result.verdict).toBe('PASS');
+      logSpy.mockRestore();
+    });
+
+    it('warns about missing summary files for completed phases', async () => {
+      writeState(makeState({ phase_history: makePhaseHistory([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]) }));
+      // No phase-outputs directory → all summaries missing
+
+      const logSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
+      const code = await handleSprintAudit(['--dir', tmpDir, '--json']);
+      expect(code).toBe(0);
+      const output = logSpy.mock.calls.map(c => c[0]).join('\n');
+      const result = JSON.parse(output);
+      expect(result.warnings.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      expect(result.warnings.some(w => w.includes('summary missing'))).toBe(true);
+      logSpy.mockRestore();
+    });
+
+    it('persists audit report to audit-report.json', async () => {
+      writeState(makeState({ phase_history: makePhaseHistory([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]) }));
+
+      const logSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
+      await handleSprintAudit(['--dir', tmpDir]);
+      logSpy.mockRestore();
+
+      const reportPath = path.join(tmpDir, '.sprint-state', 'audit-report.json');
+      expect(fs.existsSync(reportPath)).toBe(true);
+      const report = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(reportPath, 'utf8'));
+      expect(report.verdict).toBe('PASS');
+      expect(report.sprint_id).toBe('sprint-test-audit');
+    });
+
+    it('handles corrupted sprint-state.json gracefully', async () => {
+      const stateDir = path.join(tmpDir, '.sprint-state');
+      fs.mkdirSync(stateDir, { recursive: true });
+      fs.writeFileSync(path.join(stateDir, 'sprint-state.json'), 'not-valid-json');
+
+      const errSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {});
+      const code = await handleSprintAudit(['--dir', tmpDir]);
+      expect(code).toBe(1);
+      expect(errSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining('Failed to parse'));
+      errSpy.mockRestore();
+    });
+  });
+});

package/lib/gate-audit.ts

@@ -32,11 +32,12 @@ export interface GateAuditEntry {
   gate_name: string;
   passed: boolean;
   issues_found: number;
-  duration_ms: number;
+  duration_ms: number | null; // REQ-B: null = deliberately unmeasurable (see duration_reason)
   trigger: 'commit' | 'push' | 'manual';
   repo_path: string;
   commit_hash: string;
   duration_anomaly?: boolean; // Issue #370: set when duration_ms > max_duration_ms
+  duration_reason?: 'poisoned_start_ms' | 'clock_skew'; // REQ-B: why duration_ms is null
   detail?: string; // #507: optional gate-specific payload (e.g. effective CCN threshold)
 }
 
@@ -154,10 +155,12 @@ function aggregateByGate(entries: GateAuditEntry[]): Map<string, { total: number
     const b = buckets.get(e.gate_id) ?? { total: 0, passed: 0, ms: 0, issues: 0, anomaly_count: 0 };
     b.total += 1;
     if (e.passed) b.passed += 1;
-    // Issue #370: exclude anomalous durations from ms aggregation
+    // Issue #370: exclude anomalous durations from ms aggregation. REQ-B: a
+    // null duration is the honest sibling of that flag — deliberately not
+    // measurable, so it stays out of the sums (and out of the denominator).
     if (e.duration_anomaly === true) {
       b.anomaly_count += 1;
-    } else {
+    } else if (typeof e.duration_ms === 'number') {
       b.ms += e.duration_ms;
     }
     b.issues += e.issues_found;
@@ -253,12 +256,14 @@ function runCli(): void {
       gate_name: opts['gate-name'] || 'unknown',
       passed: opts['passed'] === 'true',
       issues_found: parseInt(opts['issues-found'] || '0', 10),
-      duration_ms: parseInt(opts['duration-ms'] || '0', 10),
+      duration_ms: opts['duration-ms'] === 'null' ? null : parseInt(opts['duration-ms'] || '0', 10),
       trigger: (opts['trigger'] as 'commit' | 'push' | 'manual') || 'manual',
       repo_path: process.cwd(),
       commit_hash: getCommitHash(),
       // Issue #370: only set when explicitly flagged (omit field otherwise)
       ...(opts['duration-anomaly'] === 'true' ? { duration_anomaly: true } : {}),
+      // REQ-B: why the duration is null — never guess a number for it.
+      ...(opts['duration-reason'] ? { duration_reason: opts['duration-reason'] as 'poisoned_start_ms' | 'clock_skew' } : {}),
       // #507: only set when provided (omit field otherwise)
       ...(opts['detail'] ? { detail: opts['detail'] } : {}),
     };

package/lib/mattpocock-license-verdict.json

@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
   "verdict": "PASS",
   "license_type": "MIT",
   "sha256": "0e7ac423bf2c6e223b7c5b156f8cf72da49d748e56a1641402c31f22ad07dbb5",
-  "checked_at": "2026-10-18T12:56:33.155Z",
+  "checked_at": "2026-10-19T12:19:52.510Z",
   "source": "network"
 }

package/lib/retro.js

@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const { execSync } = require('child_process');
 
+/**
+ * Upper bound for a believable gate runtime. A gate that reports more than two
+ * hours did not take two hours; it took a corrupted clock. Used to exclude
+ * samples from the duration average rather than let one poisoned row dominate
+ * it (the symptom was an "average" of 2.2e12 ms).
+ */
+const MAX_SANE_DURATION_MS = 2 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+
 /**
  * Get git commit subjects within a date window.
  * @param {string} dir - Repository root
@@ -105,16 +113,29 @@ function buildReport(opts) {
   L.push('## Activity Summary');
   const gateEntries = audit.filter(e => e.gate_id);
   const passed = gateEntries.filter(e => e.passed).length;
-  const normal = gateEntries.filter(e => !e.duration_anomaly);
-  const anomalous = gateEntries.length - normal.length;
-  const avgMs = normal.length > 0
-    ? Math.round(normal.reduce((s, e) => s + (e.duration_ms || 0), 0) / normal.length)
+  // REQ-B: a duration is only usable when it is a finite non-negative number.
+  // `e.duration_ms || 0` used to fold null into ZERO, which both dragged the
+  // mean down and hid the fact that the sample was missing — the same class of
+  // lie as the epoch-sized values this sprint removed. The legacy
+  // duration_anomaly flag is no longer the only signal: a poisoned start now
+  // writes null outright, so anything null must be excluded and counted.
+  const measurable = gateEntries.filter(e => Number.isFinite(e.duration_ms) && e.duration_ms >= 0 && e.duration_ms <= MAX_SANE_DURATION_MS);
+  const excluded = gateEntries.length - measurable.length;
+  const nullDurations = gateEntries.filter(e => e.duration_ms === null).length;
+  const avgMs = measurable.length > 0
+    ? Math.round(measurable.reduce((s, e) => s + e.duration_ms, 0) / measurable.length)
     : 0;
   L.push(`- Total commits in window: ${commits.length}`);
   L.push(`- Sprint transitions recorded: ${sprints.length}`);
   L.push(`- Gate pass rate: ${gateEntries.length > 0 ? ((passed / gateEntries.length) * 100).toFixed(1) : '0.0'}% (${gateEntries.length} gates total, ${gateEntries.length - passed} failed)`);
-  if (gateEntries.length > 0) {
-    L.push(`- Avg gate duration: ${avgMs}ms (${anomalous} anomal${anomalous === 1 ? 'y' : 'ies'} excluded)`);
+  if (measurable.length > 0) {
+    // p50 alongside the mean: with a long tail the mean is the least useful
+    // statistic, and "avg gate duration: 2.2e12ms" was the visible symptom.
+    const sorted = measurable.map(e => e.duration_ms).sort((a, b) => a - b);
+    const p50 = sorted[Math.floor(sorted.length / 2)];
+    L.push(`- Avg gate duration: ${avgMs}ms, p50 ${p50}ms over ${measurable.length} measurable gate(s) (${excluded} excluded${nullDurations ? `, ${nullDurations} recorded null` : ''})`);
+  } else if (gateEntries.length > 0) {
+    L.push(`- Avg gate duration: no measurable samples (${excluded} of ${gateEntries.length} excluded as null or anomalous)`);
   }
   L.push('');